Everyone likes to shop for a bargain, but not everyone likes to search for the best deals and offers for a long time.

1. Check promotions before going to the store

This will allow you to see interesting discounts in advance, make a shopping list and do not spend extra time looking for benefits, looking at every price tag in the store. And also do not grab for unnecessary goods, because often in the cart fly any promotional products, which will then just lie in the closet.

Looking for bargain prices can be in catalogs with special offers or in online versions of stores. But the latter does not always work: sometimes promotions in offline do not coincide with those that are on the Internet. For example, this happens with clothes or cosmetics. In this case, you can go to the store to look at the product to assess the appearance and quality, and order it online.

2. Look for discount coupons and promo codes

Two discount tools with a similar principle of action. Promo code – a combination of letters and numbers or a code word that you need to enter in a special field during the purchase or call the seller. A coupon is a document with a number or barcode that you need to show to the seller; it usually applies only to offline purchases.

You can look for them in several ways:

• On the websites of the stores themselves. Offers are shown on a banner or pop-up window.
• On social media. Brands cooperate with bloggers and provide them with promo codes for discounts in their stores or services. And they, in turn, share them with readers or viewers.
• In a search engine. It is enough to specify in the query the name of the desired store and the word “promo code” or “coupon”.
• On services with coupons and promo codes. There are collected offers of hundreds of different brands, which can be sorted by category or benefit amount.

Before applying a promo code or coupon, pay attention to the expiration date, the possible number of uses (single and multiple uses) and conditions. For example, sometimes you have to spend a certain amount to get a discount. But the conditions can also be pleasant: for example, a promo code can be combined with existing promotions.

3. Buy things out of season

Skates and down jacket – at the end of winter, and swimsuit and shorts – at the end of summer. At this time, seasonal discounts reach the maximum, and you can buy the right thing with a profit of up to 90%. This rule applies not only to clothing: artificial Christmas trees, toys and other Christmas decor at the end of January will be much cheaper.

But it is important to take into account that the promotional range of stores in this period is very limited. Find the right size or the right model will not be easy. Therefore, if you are sure that you need a particular thing and that it is popular, it is better not to wait for prohibitive discounts, and buy it at the beginning of the sale.

4. Register loyalty cards

Sometimes you can’t get benefits without them at all. For example, in many grocery chains, part or all of the discounts are available only to members of the loyalty program. But in other cases, cardholders are rarely without bonuses: they have access to closed promotions, coupons for purchases and point cacheback, which can later be spent to pay for goods or receive gifts.

Some brands allow you to join the loyalty program by simply registering in the official application. But still more often, to get a card, you need to buy goods for a certain amount or pay: the price, as a rule, is small and is repaid from the first purchase. But don’t be in a hurry to spend money. Check out discount card apps first: some paid cards are available for free. Such services will also allow you to do away with a densely packed business card holder and store everything digitally.

5. Collect maximum cashback

Although the savings are not instant, they are no less pleasant: the money earned from shopping will definitely be useful next month. It is desirable to use a card with a ruble refund – so you can spend your cashback on anything, not only on the goods of the bank’s partners. And try to use cashless payment more often, so bonuses will fall even for insignificant expenses.

6. Use discount aggregators

These are services that collect special offers from different stores. There are aggregators only for products, only for clothes and shoes or universal, with goods of different categories.

With them you can immediately find the best prices near your home, indicating your address on the map, and make a shopping list. Sometimes such an option is available in the apps themselves – you won’t need to open a notebook or notes in your smartphone. And also the list of promotions is easy to customize with filters: sort by discount size, leave only your favorite stores or choose the desired product category.

7. Subscribe to the newsletter of your favorite stores

A way not to miss a bargain for those who do not want to spend time looking for discounts at all. Information about all new offers will find you by itself – it will come to you in SMS or e-mail. To avoid annoying and clogging your inbox, you can create a special folder and set up sending letters from brands to it. This way, you won’t miss promotions and you won’t lose an important letter.